Six top football players involved in a $3.4 million Crypto Assets scam.

Gate News bot news, six top football players, including World Cup champions and former Barcelona and Sevilla stars, are facing fraud charges. Previously, a Crypto Assets company they promoted siphoned off millions of investors' funds.

According to El Periodico, the Fifth District Court of Barcelona has launched a criminal investigation into a Crypto Assets and NFT scam. It is alleged that the scam was led by a group of Spanish and Argentine businessmen, with the help of player endorsements.

The case was filed earlier this year by 12 victims, accusing Shirtum Europa SLU and its promoters of defrauding investors of at least $3.4 million (€3 million) by selling non-functional NFTs related to footballers' portrait rights, which were purchased with the company's in-house token, SHI.

The personnel mentioned in the complaint include World Cup champion "Papu" Gomez and Lucas Ocampos, former Barca players Ivan Rakitic and Javier Saviola, as well as Nico Pareja and Alberto Moreno.

Source: Decrypt